Check out the latest on what the PROs think of the DSM 5
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DSM 5
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Karin
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Re: DSM 5
We have a different code they follow here, but psychs may refer to this document too if they choose? One thing this years update did say tho, is that I no longer have a...
"mental disorder!"
Nope!! Now I'm just undergoing... get this..
" A neurological development!
Yaaay, I'm really glad they sorted that out for me. Its probably why they've been too busy to actually treat me...
"mental disorder!" Nope!! Now I'm just undergoing... get this..
" A neurological development! Yaaay, I'm really glad they sorted that out for me. Its probably why they've been too busy to actually treat me...
Karin 
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Re: DSM 5
As to whether or not DSM5 is a farce, or there will be a DSM6, I am reminded of this I read just the other day:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/ ... ave-limits" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Certainly some in the psychotherapy industry are arrogant, yet, many have been helped through talking.
I mourn the recent passing of my college psychologist/counselor, who, decades ahead of the rest of the world, dismissed my crossdressing as harmless and hardly abnormal.
Hugs,
Bernice
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/ ... ave-limits" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Certainly some in the psychotherapy industry are arrogant, yet, many have been helped through talking.
I mourn the recent passing of my college psychologist/counselor, who, decades ahead of the rest of the world, dismissed my crossdressing as harmless and hardly abnormal.
Hugs,
Bernice